Garth Brooks alleges that the woman accusing him of rape is trying to extort him, pointing to a “demand letter” he received before she filed her lawsuit, which accuses him of sexual assault and abuse. In the original complaint, filed anonymously on September 13 in Mississippi, Brooks claims the accuser, a makeup artist known as Jane Roe, who worked with him for 15 years, had been dealing with “financial difficulties” after moving from Tennessee to Mississippi in 2020. Brooks said that out of loyalty and friendship, he complied with her requests for financial assistance, but alleges that her demands later increased, reports People.
When he refused to give Roe more money or meet her “demands for salaried employment and medical benefits,” Brooks’ complaint claims that she responded with “false and outrageous allegations of sexual misconduct” in a “confidential demand letter” sent by her attorneys on July 17. According to the complaint, this letter contained claims of “sexual grooming, creation of a sexually hostile work environment, unwanted sexual touching and sexual assault.” Brooks also alleged that Roe threatened to publicly file a lawsuit with these “fabricated allegations” unless he agreed to pay her millions of dollars.
The letter reportedly referenced other “celebrity sexual misconduct lawsuits” and their large jury awards. Then, on August 23, Brooks claimed to have received a second letter from Roe, offering to hold off on filing the la.